Merchant Of The Week

In the pressure cooker of a detention facility, a small problem with a product can have dire and immediate consequences.

At Bob Barker we never forget that fact.

How can a small, 200-employee outfit like the Bob Barker Company call itself "The World's Leading Detention Supplier?" Maybe it's because they come prepared:

We smash radios on the floor and grind toothbrushes on cinderblock walls to see how easily they can be made into shanks.

Or maybe it's their belief that children are the future.

Or their plain-spoken way of doin' business:

For the best quality, performance, and delivery, insist on Bob Barker's Isolation/Suicide Cell products. Call us today.

Or their attention to the little things.

Or maybe they just sell the best dog-gone merchandise:

Bob Barker® TranZport Hood

Bob Barker® Ten-Man Transport Chain

At Ease® Adult Disposable Briefs

Bob Barker® Activewear

If you're ever in Fuquay-Verina, NC, stop by their new corporate headquarters and say hi! They'll be happy to reminisce about BBCs growth from "the back of a barbershop in 1972" to its latest sale of "suicide prevention products to the U.S.-managed Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq!"

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